Guide to web-related services

This document lists Web-related services and gives a brief description of what each service offers. If you are unsure of which service may be appropriate for your needs, please see the use cases guidance page.

WebLearn

A web-based virtual learning environment (VLE) that supports teaching and learning in the University. WebLearn can be used to deliver online resources to students and includes specialised applications and tools such as lecture capture (Replay), plagiarism awareness (Turnitin), information about researcher training (Researcher Training Tool) and past exam papers (OXAM). Assistance in designing WebLearn sites is available.

Podcasting

The media publishing service manages the main university media channels (Oxford on iTunesU and http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk) and offers a hosting, cataloguing and media publishing service for the whole University.

SSO

Oxford's Single Sign-On (SSO) is currently implemented using WebAuth. Single sign-on means that users of WebAuth authenticated services, enter a username and a password only once (per session) to a central login server. Any further access to other Webauth based services are automatically and securely authenticated without the user being aware that this has happened.